Syntax is the Key to Semantics: Combining Universal Dependencies and Abstract Meaning Representation

Johannes Heinecke


Abstract
This paper presents a new Abstract Meaning Representation (AMR) dataset using sentences which are already translated in 21 languages and annotated in dependency syntax (Parallel Universal Dependencies, PUD) and . We annotated the English version of the 1000 sentences available in the PUD dataset. Since PUD provides syntactic annotations, this new AMR dataset (PUD-AMR) allows comparisons of syntactic phenomena and their corresponding semantics. We finally provide a first analysis of parallels between syntactic and semantic structures.
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2026.udw-1.27
Volume:
Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW 2026)
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May
Year:
2026
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Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Editors:
Çağrı Çöltekin, Kaja Dobrovoljc
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UDW | WS
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ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)
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295–304
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https://lrec.elra.info/lrec2026-ws-udw-27
DOI:
10.63317/5m6uk3bkccmx
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Johannes Heinecke. 2026. Syntax is the Key to Semantics: Combining Universal Dependencies and Abstract Meaning Representation. In Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW 2026), pages 295–304, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).
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Syntax is the Key to Semantics: Combining Universal Dependencies and Abstract Meaning Representation (Heinecke, UDW 2026)
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